OK, so maybe I should have included my source with my post. According to Kelly Blue Book (kbb.com) the resale value of a Prius is significantly higher than a Corolla. Kelly Blue Book is usually considered to be standard for determining trade in or resale value of a car.

You should also add in the resale or trade in value. Trade in value for 2005 Prius in excellent condition is around $11,000 while trade in value of Corolla in excellent condition is around $6,000. So after 5 years, the Prius still holds about $5,000 value over the Corolla which nullifies most of the price difference from the initial purchase. Also, the Prius has held on to more of it's value (30 to 50%) versus the Corolla (15 to 30%).

Just saying, if you want to do a detailed analysis you should include resale cost since most people do use their existing cars as trade ins when they purchase new cars.

So it's not just me. I like Matt Smith, but to me when I watch the new episodes it feels more like Harry Potter than Dr. Who.

Yes, the approx. $50,000 a year starting salary my wife had to settle for after receiving her 2 year nursing degree (the local hospital also paid her tuition) pales in comparison to the approx. $60,000 starting salary she could have gotten had she instead went for a four year degree in Computer Science...

You seem to be missing a fundamental shift that has occurred in the U.S. and around the world over the last 30 years. You are right, the customer is king and that any companies primary goal should be to serve their customers. And in the case of Yahoo, as well as most other large American corporations that's exactly what they are doing...

What you are missing is the shift that has occurred as to who exactly the customer is. Now days, for most large corporations the customer is the stock holder. We, the consumers are the product that is being sold. With Yahoo, Google, MSN etc. it's about how many eyeballs they have looking at their pages. For companies such as Ford, GM, Target, WalMart it's all about the size of their consumer base. That's why Ford and GM don't spend a lot of time building cars that tomorrows consumers might want. Their only focus is to build as many of whatever cars the consumer is buying today.

In this new world, as far as the corporations are concerned we're just a bunch of whores and their all fighting to see who is going to be our pimp.